Parent Advisory Council (P.A.C.)

The Parent Advisory Council is made up of a volunteer group of parents of the children in a school. All parents, who have children enrolled in a school, are automatically members of the school’s P.A.C. This group meets once a month and works with the school staff to improve school conditions. The council supports the school philosophy through various committees and projects. All parents are welcome to attend.(from Welcome to School in Burnaby–a Parent Handbook)

PAC Executive elections are coming up in April/May we wanted to post the jobs and duties for families to read and consider. Your work and help is valuable and appreciated.

Secretary– attend and take minutes at PAC meetings
– draft PAC meeting minutes and arrange with school to post on website
– attend and take minutes at PAC Exec meetings
– estimated time commitment: 3 hours per month

* DPAC meetings are where district-wide, systemic and policy issues, concerning public schools and education, are discussed and common concerns are addressed with the school board. Reps also take our school’s PAC concerns and questions to the DPAC meetings. DPAC reports advice and input to the provincial BC Confederation of PACs.

PAC Meetings and Minutes*Meetings will be held the last Wednesday of the month from 7-8 pm in the school library. Grade 7 babysitters will be available to watch your kids.

Contacts:
There are many ways parents can connect.
Email:brentwoodpac@gmail.com to contact the PAC Executive
District PAC website: burnabydpac.comfor district-level conversations, information, advocacy work, and inquiries into the many aspects of education planning, operations and events in Burnaby.

PAC School Year 2017-2018

PAC December Updates

Hello Brentwood Park Families,

The PAC is very happy to present another Gift Basket Raffle to coincide with our school’s 2 concert dates: Tuesday & Wednesday, Dec. 19th & 20th. We again have been very lucky to have the support of many local businesses and some exciting new corporate names join in our efforts to raise funds for our school. A major new focus of our fundraising will be to help replace and renew our gym audio and visual equipment. All of our prizes have been donated. Don’t forget to bring your money and of course we wish you good luck and good fun again this year!

– Tickets on sale at all 4 concert shows.– Ticket prices: 2 for $5 or 10 for $20– Prize winners will be notified by email and/or phone call before 12pm Thursday Dec. 21st.– We have some line-up place holders to free you up to look at the prize tables and complete your raffle ticket info. No need to worry about losing your spot in the concert line.We are very short of volunteers this year to help set up and sell tickets. Please consider helping us. The Gift Basket helper sign up link is here: www.volunteersignup.org/MET3P

If you have already signed up, thank you. We know who you are and will finalize all instructions and contact you by Dec. 16.

PAC November Updates

Gift Cards:
Every year PAC offers a gift card fundraiser. You can purchase gift cards for all your favourite spots to give as gifts or use yourself. A percentage of all orders go toward our school. Order forms will go out Nov. 6 and are due Nov. 14. Gift Cards will be read for pick up Dec. 1.

Enter a draw to win Front Row tickets for the Winter Concert!

Direct Donation: Families that donate $20 or more, before Dec.1, are entered into a draw to win two front row tickets for the Winter Concert, on a night of your choosing. That means no waiting in line!! Please send your donations by cheque to the school office (attention PAC Direct Donation) or online through ‘School Cash Online’.

September Welcome and Upcoming Events

Welcome Back! We hope you had a wonderful summer break and we look forward to another fabulous year with our Brentwood Park community.

Welcome Back Coffee: Parents and caregivers are invited to join us in the Gym on Tuesday, September 5 between 9-10 am for a Starbucks coffee and a chat. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Pizza Party: Parents and students are invited to a Brentwood Pizza Party on Wednesday September 27 from 6:00 – 6:45 pm! Further details will be emailed to you in the upcoming weeks. A short PAC meeting will follow the party from 7:00 – 7:30 pm in the library.

Hello Grade 7 Parents: If you would like to learn about or be involved with this year’s “graduation” celebrations (dance, luncheon, themes /decorations, sleep-over camp, etc.) for your grade 7 student, you are invited to meet Wednesday Sept. 27 @7:30 pm at the school library. It will be an informal brainstorming meet & greet and hopefully identify parents who would like to form an organizing committee of some sort.

For some of us, it will be our first, and for others it will be old hat. The luncheon, dance, decorations, etc. are organized by parents. Most importantly, parents have to do the fundraising for these activities and this is where the early lead-time is required. Please consider coming out to share your input.

These fundraisers have enabled PAC to offer financial support by providing: $150 to each teacher toward classroom expenses, $300 to each division for fieldtrip school buses, 4 classroom projectors (thus completing the Tech Plan), Buses for Whistler Ski School, each classroom with emergency food and water, presentations by Dufflebag Theatre and Saleema Noon, support for Traffic Safety Program, Grade 7 Dance and Luncheon and new intermural pinnies. All of our children benefit from these initiatives and they could not take place without generous volunteers and supporters.Thank-you!